Have you all heard this story?
Someone apparently complained about the Jersey Boys lighting up on stage, the cops were called in, citations written up, and because Chicago has an indoor smoking ban, the boys have had to kick the habit.
WTF is up with that??? Who complains about characters smoking on stage? What, do you think you're getting fake secondhand smoke up there in the balcony?? I just don't get it. First the thing in Wilmette (or Winnetka? one of those North Shore W suburbs) and their cancelation of Ragtime because someone complained about language -that story made Entertainment Weekly - and now this?? I am more offended by these people who think they need to be the Morality Police and tell me what should and should not be presented on stage than I am by actors on a stage smoking cigarettes (in context of the work) or a "bad word" sung (in context of the work) in a musical.
Sometimes, I really, really hate people.
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